On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, MHR wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Anne Wilson > <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> I had similar messages on this laptop. Acer accepted liability and replaced >> the disk. >> > I'm pretty sure the Seagate warranty is no longer in force - most of > them are a year. ???? you patronize the wrong vendors -- 5 year Seagate warranty and low defects are my expereince. -- Russ herrold